Patents by Inventor Charles G. Massieon

Charles G. Massieon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Wear-resistant composite track shoe
    Patent number: 3972570
    Abstract: In a track-type vehicle, a high wear-resistant insert is bonded into a groove in the contact face of a grouser bar of a track shoe so as to extend the useful life of the grouser. The grouser bar may be integrally formed on the track shoe or may be a separate part welded to a base plate to form a composite track shoe. The material of the grouser bar may be somewhat ductile so as to support the relatively hard and brittle wear-resistant insert in the contact face of the grouser so as to produce a long life track shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1976
    Assignee: Caterpillar Tractor Co.
    Inventor: Charles G. Massieon
  • Wear-resistant composite track link
    Patent number: 3955855
    Abstract: A track-type vehicle having a track made up of links with contact surfaces of high wear-resistant material engaging with the track rollers as the track is driven on the vehicle. The high wear-resistant material may be a composite alloy metallurgically bonded into a groove in the contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1976
    Assignee: Caterpillar Tractor Co.
    Inventors: Charles G. Massieon, Chris Robert Straesser